Eurylaimides

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Eurylaimides is a clade of suboscine passerine birds that primarily includes the broadbills and their close relatives, mostly found in tropical regions.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Eurylaimidae 4
Eurylaimides canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bird clade
taxon
characterizedBy arboreal habits
broad bill morphology in many members
primarily insectivorous diet in many species
commonName Old World suboscines clade
linked to: Suboscines
contains species with bright plumage
species with frugivorous diets
species with specialized display behaviors
contrastedWith Tyrannides
definedBy molecular phylogenetic studies
distinguishedFrom oscine passerines
distribution Neotropics
linked to: Neotropical realm

tropical Asia
tropical regions
habitat lowland rainforests
tropical forests
hasMemberFamily Calyptomenidae
Eurylaimidae
linked to: Eurylaimides

Philepittidae
Pittidae
Sapayoidae
higherClassification Aves
Passeriformes
includes Old World suboscines
Sapayoa
broadbills
partOf Passeriformes
suboscine passerines
phylogeneticPosition basal suboscine lineage
reproductiveBehavior tree nesting
subgroupOf Tyranni
taxonomicRank clade
taxonomicStatus monophyletic group
timeOfRecognition early 21st century
late 20th century
vocalizationType suboscine-type syrinx control

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Suboscines includesClade Eurylaimides
Suboscines includesFamily Eurylaimidae
linked to: Eurylaimides
Tyranni includesTaxon Eurylaimidae
linked to: Eurylaimides
Eurylaimides hasMemberFamily Eurylaimidae
linked to: Eurylaimides
Philepittidae infraorder Eurylaimides
African broadbill family Eurylaimidae
linked to: Eurylaimides